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Urgent Question on the case of Jamal al-Harith

23 February 2017 (updated on 23 February 2017)

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The Minister for Security, Ben Wallace, responded to an Urgent Question from Yvette Cooper, MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, in the Commons on Thursday 23 February on the case of Jamal al-Harith.

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About Urgent Questions

At times MPs may want to put an urgent question to a Minister. If a matter of public importance has arisen, which an MP believes requires an immediate answer from a government minister, they may apply to the Speaker to put forward such a question.

The relevant government department would be informed at once.

If the Speaker agrees, the question will be asked after that day’s Question Time.

Once the MP has asked the main question, they are allowed to ask a supplementary question. Other MPs will then be called to ask further questions on the same subject.

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